Competitor bio:

Sarah is an Ironman triathlete, Paralympian, author, motivational speaker, mentor, spokesperson and amazing racer. Sarah stepped onto the world stage after making sports history in one of the toughest endurance events in the world — the Hawaii Ironman, becoming the first woman to finish an Ironman on a prosthetic leg. A year later, she raced around the world on “The Amazing Race,” the Emmy-award-winning CBS reality TV series. Sarah’s story has been covered in many national newspapers and she has graced the covers of many magazines, including Runner’s World, ESPN, Triathlete, and Competitor. In 2009, GPP Life published her book, “In A Single Bound,” an honest, touching and funny memoir about how a feisty, one-legged girl struggling to fit in with her two-legged friends grows up to become a world-class athlete and TV personality. Sarah has completed 7 marathons and has broken multiple world records, and won numerous awards, including the 2006 ESPN ESPY for best female athlete with a disability.